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pie hoist the ore and operate the machinery at the Helen and Magpie mines ; of the 

 Canadian Exploration Company's gold mine at Long Lake, and of others. A new 

 water power installation is being put in at Gowganda Lake to operate the Miller- 

 Lake O'Brien silver mine, and a transmission line is under construction from the 

 Blanche river at Charlton to work the gold properties in the new field at Kirkland 

 lake. Water powers are numerous in northern Ontario, and, as at Iroquois Falls 

 on the Abitibi river, are employed also to operate pulp and paper mills. They have 

 been of great service to the mining industry in providing cheap power. 



Collections. 



The total revenue of the Department from all sources was $2,793,809.87. Of 

 this $118,134.60 came from agricultural and town sites; mining lands $95,068.94; 

 mining and crown leases $39,226.48; miners' licenses, permits and recording fees 

 $93,256.10; royalties $200,333.01; supplementary revenue tax $211,063.84. From 

 woods and forests the revenue was $1,979,125.81, made up of the following items, 

 ])onus $591,675.29 > timber dues $1,277,490.08; ground rent $99,460.19; transfer 

 fees $10,500.25. (See Appendix No. 4, page 8.) 



Disbursements. 



The total expenditure of the Department for ordinary services was 

 $696,061.63. Some of the principal items were: Agents' salaries and disburse- 

 ments $15,812.69; homestead inspectors $11,127.96; Crown timber agents 

 $30,537.69; wood ranging and estimation of timber $94,697.40; fire ranging 

 $145,500.81; forest reserves, fire ranging, etc., Temagami reserve $46,326.93, 

 Metagami reserve $8,882.'88, Mississaga reserve $12,680.63, Nipigon reserve 

 $12,264.73, Eastern reserve $2,941.56, Quetico reserve $4,077.00; mines and mining 

 $37,553.94; mining recorders $26,304.75; surveys $89,123.51; refunds $13,986.24; 

 contingencies, lands and forests $20,375.89, bureau of mines $12,258.13. 



There was expended under the direction of the Department the sum of 

 $1,120,471.60. Of this amount, $1,081,172.28 was in connection with the northern 

 development, under 2 Geo. V, while the other principal items were, Algonquin 

 Park $21,554.09, exploration party in new territory, $2,932.64, and expenditure 

 under Bounty Act 7 Edward VII., cap. 14, $14,362.59. (See Appendix Nos. 6 

 and 7, pages 10 to 33.) 



Woods and Forests. 



The total revenue accrued for the year ending the 31st of October, 1913, from 

 woods and forests was $2,127,222.66 — an increase of $59,162 over last year. The 

 revenue collected during the year from the same source amounted to $1,979,125.81, 

 which is only about $6,000 less than the collection of last year; and last 3^ear was 

 somewhat of a record year, as the revenue collected exceeded that of the previous 

 year by $274,000. The revenue derived from timber dues wa^ $1,277,490.08 as 

 against the collection of $1,339,957.12 for last year. The collection on account of 

 bonus was $591,676,29 as against the collection of $540,702.85 for last year. The 

 collection on account of ground rent was $99,460.19 as against $96,262 for last 

 year. The collection on account to transfer bonus was $10,500 as against $8,740 

 for last year. 



The area under timber license for the season of 1913 was 17,5191/2 miles as 

 against 18,410 miles for last year. The area under license fluctuates from year to 



